CVE-2017-11429
Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal
- 7.7HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Clever saml2-js 2.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to potentially bypass authentication to SAML service providers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By duo
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| duoCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmsaml2-jsGHSA-5p5w-j3g7-w4wv (opens in a new tab)
References
2
- https://duo.com/blog/duo-finds-saml-vulnerabilities-affecting-multiple-implementations (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/475445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0579 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5p5w-j3g7-w4wv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-11429)Record last updated .